Handbook of Nutrition and Pregnancy

?This easy to use text provides practitioners and researchers with a global view of current and emerging issues concerned with successful pregnancy outcomes and approaches that have been successful or show promise in ensuring a successful pregnancy.  The fully updated and revised second edition expands its scope with topics not covered in the first edition including pregnancy and military service; sleep disorders during pregnancy; the gut microbiome during pregnancy and the newborn; requirement for vitamin D in pregnancy; the environment-contaminants and pregnancy; preeclampsia and new approaches to treatment; health disparities for whites, blacks, and teen pregnancies;  depression in pregnancy-role of yoga; safe food handling for successful pregnancy outcome;  relationship of epigenetics and diet in pregnancy; caffeine during pregnancy; polycystic ovary syndrome;  US Hispanics and preterm births; celiac disease and pregnancy; cannabis use during pregnancy.
The second edition of Handbook of Nutrition and Pregnancy will be a valuable resource for clinicians and other healthcare professionals who treat and counsel woman of child-bearing age and pregnant woman.


Carol J. Lammi-Keefe, PhD

Alma Beth Clark Professor
School of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Adjunct Professor
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 
USA

Sarah C. Couch
Assistant Professor
Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
USA


John P. Kirwan, MSc, PhD, FACSM
Executive Director
George A. Bray, Jr. Endowed Super Chair in Nutrition
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, LA
USA 
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